"A New Discovered Power"
Part Eight
"How could you let them beat you like that, Kryos?"
"I'm sorry, Master. I was just surprised at the girl. She has already started to develop her skills."
"You told me that you wouldn't underestimate them anymore!"
"I'm sorry. I am truly sorry. Please, forgive me."
"Fine. Well then, we will just have to get rid of her now before she develops them any further."
"I have the perfect plan, Master. I won't fail you."
"If you ask me, that last battle was way too easy," Sage said.
"I know. We didn't have to use the Armor of Inferno," Rowen commented.
"Maybe he's getting weaker."
"I doubt that." Ryo pet White Blaze on the head, but then he roared. "White Blaze, what's wrong?" White Blaze went toward the door and Ryo opened it for him. He ran outside and froze in place. Everyone else followed White Blaze outside. "I haven't seen White Blaze like this before."
"Hey, you guys." The guys turned toward Mia and saw her floating off the ground.
"Mia, you're floating!" Sage looked down at his feet. "And we are too!" All of sudden a gust of wind came and sucked everyone up.
"Everyone, hold on tight!" Mia, White Blaze, and the guys got sucked up into the air and disappeared.
Mia woke up and got herself off the ground. She looked around and found herself in a forest. "Where am I? Ryo! Sage! Kento! Cye! Rowen! Where are you guys?"
"Hello there, Mia." Mia turned around and saw Kryos come out from behind a tree. "I'm so glad you could make it."
"What do you want with me?"
"Nothing, but my master is another story." He raised his hand and a dozen wolves came out with glowing red eyes. Mia got a scared look on her face and froze. "Your life is going to end before it even begins!"
He pointed at Mia and the wolves attacked. Mia tried to dodge them, but one of them slashed her stomach with its claw. She put her arm over the wound and put one knee on the ground with a look of pain in her face. "Well, is the little warrior ready to die?" The wolves pounced toward Mia, and she froze in place.
"AHHHHHH!" All of a sudden, White Blaze jumped in front and picked up Mia.
"What?"
"We really don't like it when you mess around with our friends, especially Mia," Ryo said as he and the others came out of the woods in their armor.
"How did you find me?"
"We have our ways," Cye said.
"I think it's time for us to say goodbye. Iron Rock Crusher!" Kryos jumped to avoid the attack, but when he landed, everyone was gone.
"NO! They got away! I'll get them."
The guys finally met up with Mia and White Blaze at a nearby tree. "Well, it looks like we're back together again."
"Hey, Mia, are you all right?"
"I'm not in the best condition right now." She took away her arm and showed the gashes across her stomach.
"What happened, Mia?"
"One of those wolves attacked me before you guys came."
"Hey, Sage, do you think you can heal her?"
"Leave it to me, Ryo. Okay, Mia, just lay back a little bit and it will be over soon." Sage took out his sword and Mia leaned back a little. Sage put his sword up to her stomach and it started to glow. In a few seconds, the gashes were gone and Sage put his sword away. "Now, Mia, no direct hits to the stomach for a while and you should be fine." He gave a little funny smile, and Mia smiled back.
"Now what are we supposed to do? Kryos is after us, and we have no idea where we are," Kento asked.
"I think the best thing to do would be to keep moving," Rowen answered.
"So what are we waiting for?" Everyone got up and started to walk.
"I won't let the girl get away now. Spread out and look for them." Kryos disappeared and the soldiers dispersed.
"So, where are we going exactly?"
" I have no idea, Cye." All of a sudden, it started to rain in buckets.
"Great, now it's starting to rain."
"At least we have our armor to protect us from the rain, Kento."
"Speak for yourself, Cye," Mia said, drenched from head to toe. She wrung out her hair and let it go. Ryo took off his helmet and puts it on Mia's head.
"Here, you need this more."
"Don't you need it, Ryo?"
"Not really. I have my armor to protect me from the rain. You hardly have anything."
"Thanks, Ryo."
White Blaze stopped and started to sniff the air. Then he curled his back and started to growl.
"Hey, does anyone else smell that?" Rowen started to sniff the air and so did everyone else.
"It smells like smoke." Mia turned around and saw smoke and flames coming from behind. "Over there! Look!" Everyone turned around and looked at the forest burning.
"How can it be raining and there be a fire at the same time?"
"I don't know, Kento, but we should get out of here," Sage said. Everyone started to run away, with Mia and White Blaze in front. The guys looked behind them to see how the fire was. Mia stopped suddenly and stopped the other guys too. "Mia, why did you stop?"
Mia pointed forward. "Look." Smoke came from above the treetops and soldiers started to come out from behind.
"Oh man, this is real bad," Rowen said. One of the soldiers pounced toward Mia, but Rowen stopped him.
"You guys, get Mia out of here."
"But Ro…" Ryo says.
"I'll be fine, you guys."
"Okay." Everyone started running, except Mia, who stayed and looked at Rowen.
Why are you guys protecting me like this? I don't get it. "Rowen, come on."
"Mia! Get out of here!" Rowen screamed. Mia hesitated for a second, turned around and left.
"Come on, you guys. Let's move it."
"Wait a minute, where's Mia?" They heard a scream from behind them.
"Cye and I will go find her." Kento and Cye started running the way they came. As soldiers surrounded Mia, Kento and Cye appeared and protect her.
"Mia, get out of here now!' Cye screamed.
"But…"
"Now, Mia!" Kento screamed. Mia nodded and went toward the others.
Be careful, you guys. I don't want to lose you.
"Mia, are you okay?"
"Hey, I'm fine." A firewall stopped Ryo, Sage, White Blaze, and Mia.
"This way," Sage said. They followed him, but got trapped by dozens of soldiers. Sage, Ryo, and White Blaze surrounded Mia, trying to protect her.
"Ryo, take Mia and get out of here."
"No way, Sage. We gotta stick together."
"Ryo, we have to do whatever it takes to protect Mia, even if it means giving up our lives. We promised Hiro that, didn't we?"
"I know. Why don't you go and I'll stay?"
"I don't think so. You have the Wildfire. You have the best chance against the fire. It will make you stronger and more able to protect Mia."
"Right. Just be careful, Sage."
"Don't worry about me, just get Mia out of here."
"Come on, Mia." Ryo grabbed Mia's wrist and dragged her, but Mia held back.
"Ryo, we can't leave Sage here. I don't want to lose anyone else!"
"Come on, Mia!"
"No! I don't want to leave Sage here! He's gonna get hurt, I don't want him hurt!"
"Come on, Mia! Let's go!" Ryo pulled Mia even harder and started to run.
Why are you guys doing this? Mia thought. Ryo still ran, holding her wrist and dragging her along. White Blaze ran behind them. Ryo stopped right as a giant firewall blocked the path. Soldiers surrounded them once again.
I could fight, but I can't with Mia here. What can I do? As a dozen soldiers came toward Mia and Ryo, Mia screamed and a bright light came from the Spirit Orb and blinded everyone.
"I can't believe that they got away. This can't be. They will pay!"
Ryo sat by the entrance of a cave, looking outside. Mia and White Blaze sat more inside the cave by a fire. Don't worry, you guys, I'll come for you guys. I know we promised Hiro we would do anything, but we have to stick in this together. I would go and find you guys right now, but what am I supposed to do with Mia? White Blaze licked Ryo on the cheek. "Huh?"
"Hey, Ryo." Mia sat on the opposite side of Ryo that White Blaze was on. "I'm really sorry about everything. If you want to, you can go and find the guys. I don't mind."
"What are you talking about, Mia?"
"I know you're worried about the guys. And so am I. You should go and find them. I'll stay here."
"I'm not worried about them. They can take care of themselves. I'd rather stay here anyway."
Mia looked outside and watched the rainfall. "Ryo, can I ask you something, and you have to be entirely truthful with me."
"Ask away."
"Do you know what's really going on lately?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I mean like that the guys wanted me to get away, and Sage said something about that you guys promised someone who would protect me, and then Kryos said, 'Your life is going to end before it even begins'."
Should I tell her the truth? I'm not sure if she's ready yet. "Um, if you want to know, I really don't know what's going on either, Mia. It's a mystery to us too." Mia yawned and covered her mouth. "Mia, why don't you go to sleep? You look tired."
"I'm fine. Are you going to sleep?"
"I'm not tired. I'm going to stay up and watch out for the guys." Mia took off Ryo's helmet that was still on her head and placed it back on Ryo's head. She yawned again.
"You'll need this more than me. Goodnight, Ryo." She kissed Ryo on the cheek and got up. Ryo put his hand where Mia kissed him and watched her go toward the fire. She laid down by the fire with her face toward Ryo and went to sleep. Ryo looked at Mia with the fire glowing on her face.
I really don't want her to get hurt. I wish she wasn't involved in all this, but as along as she is, I'll make sure nothing happens to her. I promise. "White Blaze, go lay down next to Mia and keep her warm." White Blaze got up and laid right behind Mia. Mia put her head on White Blaze, using him like a pillow. White Blaze took one of his paws and put it around Mia, keeping her warm. Ryo smiled and turned his head back outside.
Mia opened her eyes to see the fire burnt out. She got up and stretched her arms and saw White Blaze at the cave entrance, but saw no Ryo. She got up and went toward White Blaze. "White Blaze, where's Ryo? Did he go looking for the guys?" White Blaze roared and walked outside. Mia followed and saw a bright flash in the air. "Come on, White Blaze, let's go." Mia with White Blaze ran toward into the woods.
"Why don't you give up, Wildfire? I have your friends already." Ryo stood holding both his swords with the guys tied up hanging from trees in the back.
"There's no way I'm going to give up, Kryos."
Mia peeked through the trees and saw the battle going on. "We gotta do something, White Blaze, but what can we do?"
Kryos saw a sparkle in the woods. "Well now, won't this be fun?"
"What are you talking about, Kryos?" Ryo asked.
"You'll see. Dark Ice Strike!" He directed his attack straight for the woods. From out of the blast came Mia riding on White Blaze's back.
"Mia!" Ryo shouted. Suddenly a vine cam from the ground, wrapped Ryo, and hung him from a tree next to the guys. White Blaze and Mia landed on the ground.
"Well, girl, it's so nice to see you again."
"Sorry I can't return the comment."
"Mia, what are you doing here?"
"When I saw you were gone, I went to look for you and the others."
"Mia, get out of here right now," Rowen said.
"I don't think that will be possible, Strata." The ground started to shake and both Mia and White Blaze jumped up into the air, but the vines grabbed White Blaze and brought him down.
"White Blaze." Mia saw White Blaze, but turned around and got kicked in the stomach by Persha and went flying to the ground.
"Oh no, Mia!" Sage screamed. Mia brought herself onto her legs and looked straight at Kryos.
"It looks like the little warrior is stronger than she looks. Let's see how strong she really is. Dark Ice Strike!" Mia dodged the blast, but Kryos hit her again several times and knocked her into a tree. "So, how about the little warrior comes along with me peacefully, and then we can stop all this fighting?"
Mia got on her hands and knees. Her clothes were ripped, some off her armor was chipped off, and a few strands of hair were in her face. She lifted up her head and looked at Kryos with anger and vengeance in her eyes.
"I'll never give into you or your master."
"Kryos, just leave her alone. You have us already, you don't need her," Cye said.
"Let her go. She can't do anything to you," Kento commented.
"That's more than you know, Hardrock." Kryos walked up to Mia who was still trying to recover from the last blow. He took his sword and placed it right up to Mia's neck. "So, what should we do with the little warrior? I could kill her now, or I could let Master Persha kill her. But I think I'd rather have some more fun." He kicked her again in the stomach and ran her into a tree. She screamed out in pain and fell to the ground, not moving.
"Mia, please, wake up!" Tears started to form in his eyes.
"She can't hear you, Wildfire. Now it's your time to end up like the little warrior over there." All of a sudden, the vines started to constrict White Blaze and each Ronin Warrior one at a time. They all screamed out in pain as they felt their bodies being crushed. Mia slightly opened her eyes and saw what Kryos was doing to her friends.
"No." She slowly got back on her hands and knees. Tears fell from her face to the ground. "I won't let my friends be hurt or killed because of me. I won't, they're too important to me." The symbol of love appeared on her forehead. "I won't let anyone hurt my friends!"
Kryos turns around and looked at Mia who was glowing in a bright golden color. Her hair floated off the ground and she lifted up her head. Mia said in a very angry voice, "I tolerated you hurting me, but when it comes to my friends, I won't let anyone get away with hurting them. Kryos, you've tortured and hurt my friends too many times, and now it's time that you pay!"
The bright light surrounding Mia got brighter and a beam shot up to the sky. Everyone looked up to the sky and saw the outline of a figure with a long staff. "No one messes with my friends!" The figure brought down its staff and a glowing beam of light came straight towards Kryos and hit him straight on.
"No! This can't be! I've failed you, Master Persha!" He disappeared for the last time. The light destroyed the vines around the Ronin Warriors and White Blaze, but the light covered everything.
Each of the guys started to wake up and found themselves in Mia's front yard in their normal clothes. "Hey, you guys, what happened?"
"I have no idea, Kento," Sage said.
"Wait a minute, where's Mia?"
"I don't know."
White Blaze roared, coming out of the woods with Mia hanging on his back. "Mia." Ryo took Mia off of White Blaze's back and carried her. Her hair touched the ground and looked limp. "It looks like Mia is out cold."
"Do you think that figure we saw was really Mia?"
"It looks like it was her. No wonder they wanted to get rid of her, that power was tremendous."
"I know. Now we really have to protect her because Persha knows just how powerful she is." Ryo carried her inside and everyone else followed.
Part Eight
"How could you let them beat you like that, Kryos?"
"I'm sorry, Master. I was just surprised at the girl. She has already started to develop her skills."
"You told me that you wouldn't underestimate them anymore!"
"I'm sorry. I am truly sorry. Please, forgive me."
"Fine. Well then, we will just have to get rid of her now before she develops them any further."
"I have the perfect plan, Master. I won't fail you."
"If you ask me, that last battle was way too easy," Sage said.
"I know. We didn't have to use the Armor of Inferno," Rowen commented.
"Maybe he's getting weaker."
"I doubt that." Ryo pet White Blaze on the head, but then he roared. "White Blaze, what's wrong?" White Blaze went toward the door and Ryo opened it for him. He ran outside and froze in place. Everyone else followed White Blaze outside. "I haven't seen White Blaze like this before."
"Hey, you guys." The guys turned toward Mia and saw her floating off the ground.
"Mia, you're floating!" Sage looked down at his feet. "And we are too!" All of sudden a gust of wind came and sucked everyone up.
"Everyone, hold on tight!" Mia, White Blaze, and the guys got sucked up into the air and disappeared.
Mia woke up and got herself off the ground. She looked around and found herself in a forest. "Where am I? Ryo! Sage! Kento! Cye! Rowen! Where are you guys?"
"Hello there, Mia." Mia turned around and saw Kryos come out from behind a tree. "I'm so glad you could make it."
"What do you want with me?"
"Nothing, but my master is another story." He raised his hand and a dozen wolves came out with glowing red eyes. Mia got a scared look on her face and froze. "Your life is going to end before it even begins!"
He pointed at Mia and the wolves attacked. Mia tried to dodge them, but one of them slashed her stomach with its claw. She put her arm over the wound and put one knee on the ground with a look of pain in her face. "Well, is the little warrior ready to die?" The wolves pounced toward Mia, and she froze in place.
"AHHHHHH!" All of a sudden, White Blaze jumped in front and picked up Mia.
"What?"
"We really don't like it when you mess around with our friends, especially Mia," Ryo said as he and the others came out of the woods in their armor.
"How did you find me?"
"We have our ways," Cye said.
"I think it's time for us to say goodbye. Iron Rock Crusher!" Kryos jumped to avoid the attack, but when he landed, everyone was gone.
"NO! They got away! I'll get them."
The guys finally met up with Mia and White Blaze at a nearby tree. "Well, it looks like we're back together again."
"Hey, Mia, are you all right?"
"I'm not in the best condition right now." She took away her arm and showed the gashes across her stomach.
"What happened, Mia?"
"One of those wolves attacked me before you guys came."
"Hey, Sage, do you think you can heal her?"
"Leave it to me, Ryo. Okay, Mia, just lay back a little bit and it will be over soon." Sage took out his sword and Mia leaned back a little. Sage put his sword up to her stomach and it started to glow. In a few seconds, the gashes were gone and Sage put his sword away. "Now, Mia, no direct hits to the stomach for a while and you should be fine." He gave a little funny smile, and Mia smiled back.
"Now what are we supposed to do? Kryos is after us, and we have no idea where we are," Kento asked.
"I think the best thing to do would be to keep moving," Rowen answered.
"So what are we waiting for?" Everyone got up and started to walk.
"I won't let the girl get away now. Spread out and look for them." Kryos disappeared and the soldiers dispersed.
"So, where are we going exactly?"
" I have no idea, Cye." All of a sudden, it started to rain in buckets.
"Great, now it's starting to rain."
"At least we have our armor to protect us from the rain, Kento."
"Speak for yourself, Cye," Mia said, drenched from head to toe. She wrung out her hair and let it go. Ryo took off his helmet and puts it on Mia's head.
"Here, you need this more."
"Don't you need it, Ryo?"
"Not really. I have my armor to protect me from the rain. You hardly have anything."
"Thanks, Ryo."
White Blaze stopped and started to sniff the air. Then he curled his back and started to growl.
"Hey, does anyone else smell that?" Rowen started to sniff the air and so did everyone else.
"It smells like smoke." Mia turned around and saw smoke and flames coming from behind. "Over there! Look!" Everyone turned around and looked at the forest burning.
"How can it be raining and there be a fire at the same time?"
"I don't know, Kento, but we should get out of here," Sage said. Everyone started to run away, with Mia and White Blaze in front. The guys looked behind them to see how the fire was. Mia stopped suddenly and stopped the other guys too. "Mia, why did you stop?"
Mia pointed forward. "Look." Smoke came from above the treetops and soldiers started to come out from behind.
"Oh man, this is real bad," Rowen said. One of the soldiers pounced toward Mia, but Rowen stopped him.
"You guys, get Mia out of here."
"But Ro…" Ryo says.
"I'll be fine, you guys."
"Okay." Everyone started running, except Mia, who stayed and looked at Rowen.
Why are you guys protecting me like this? I don't get it. "Rowen, come on."
"Mia! Get out of here!" Rowen screamed. Mia hesitated for a second, turned around and left.
"Come on, you guys. Let's move it."
"Wait a minute, where's Mia?" They heard a scream from behind them.
"Cye and I will go find her." Kento and Cye started running the way they came. As soldiers surrounded Mia, Kento and Cye appeared and protect her.
"Mia, get out of here now!' Cye screamed.
"But…"
"Now, Mia!" Kento screamed. Mia nodded and went toward the others.
Be careful, you guys. I don't want to lose you.
"Mia, are you okay?"
"Hey, I'm fine." A firewall stopped Ryo, Sage, White Blaze, and Mia.
"This way," Sage said. They followed him, but got trapped by dozens of soldiers. Sage, Ryo, and White Blaze surrounded Mia, trying to protect her.
"Ryo, take Mia and get out of here."
"No way, Sage. We gotta stick together."
"Ryo, we have to do whatever it takes to protect Mia, even if it means giving up our lives. We promised Hiro that, didn't we?"
"I know. Why don't you go and I'll stay?"
"I don't think so. You have the Wildfire. You have the best chance against the fire. It will make you stronger and more able to protect Mia."
"Right. Just be careful, Sage."
"Don't worry about me, just get Mia out of here."
"Come on, Mia." Ryo grabbed Mia's wrist and dragged her, but Mia held back.
"Ryo, we can't leave Sage here. I don't want to lose anyone else!"
"Come on, Mia!"
"No! I don't want to leave Sage here! He's gonna get hurt, I don't want him hurt!"
"Come on, Mia! Let's go!" Ryo pulled Mia even harder and started to run.
Why are you guys doing this? Mia thought. Ryo still ran, holding her wrist and dragging her along. White Blaze ran behind them. Ryo stopped right as a giant firewall blocked the path. Soldiers surrounded them once again.
I could fight, but I can't with Mia here. What can I do? As a dozen soldiers came toward Mia and Ryo, Mia screamed and a bright light came from the Spirit Orb and blinded everyone.
"I can't believe that they got away. This can't be. They will pay!"
Ryo sat by the entrance of a cave, looking outside. Mia and White Blaze sat more inside the cave by a fire. Don't worry, you guys, I'll come for you guys. I know we promised Hiro we would do anything, but we have to stick in this together. I would go and find you guys right now, but what am I supposed to do with Mia? White Blaze licked Ryo on the cheek. "Huh?"
"Hey, Ryo." Mia sat on the opposite side of Ryo that White Blaze was on. "I'm really sorry about everything. If you want to, you can go and find the guys. I don't mind."
"What are you talking about, Mia?"
"I know you're worried about the guys. And so am I. You should go and find them. I'll stay here."
"I'm not worried about them. They can take care of themselves. I'd rather stay here anyway."
Mia looked outside and watched the rainfall. "Ryo, can I ask you something, and you have to be entirely truthful with me."
"Ask away."
"Do you know what's really going on lately?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I mean like that the guys wanted me to get away, and Sage said something about that you guys promised someone who would protect me, and then Kryos said, 'Your life is going to end before it even begins'."
Should I tell her the truth? I'm not sure if she's ready yet. "Um, if you want to know, I really don't know what's going on either, Mia. It's a mystery to us too." Mia yawned and covered her mouth. "Mia, why don't you go to sleep? You look tired."
"I'm fine. Are you going to sleep?"
"I'm not tired. I'm going to stay up and watch out for the guys." Mia took off Ryo's helmet that was still on her head and placed it back on Ryo's head. She yawned again.
"You'll need this more than me. Goodnight, Ryo." She kissed Ryo on the cheek and got up. Ryo put his hand where Mia kissed him and watched her go toward the fire. She laid down by the fire with her face toward Ryo and went to sleep. Ryo looked at Mia with the fire glowing on her face.
I really don't want her to get hurt. I wish she wasn't involved in all this, but as along as she is, I'll make sure nothing happens to her. I promise. "White Blaze, go lay down next to Mia and keep her warm." White Blaze got up and laid right behind Mia. Mia put her head on White Blaze, using him like a pillow. White Blaze took one of his paws and put it around Mia, keeping her warm. Ryo smiled and turned his head back outside.
Mia opened her eyes to see the fire burnt out. She got up and stretched her arms and saw White Blaze at the cave entrance, but saw no Ryo. She got up and went toward White Blaze. "White Blaze, where's Ryo? Did he go looking for the guys?" White Blaze roared and walked outside. Mia followed and saw a bright flash in the air. "Come on, White Blaze, let's go." Mia with White Blaze ran toward into the woods.
"Why don't you give up, Wildfire? I have your friends already." Ryo stood holding both his swords with the guys tied up hanging from trees in the back.
"There's no way I'm going to give up, Kryos."
Mia peeked through the trees and saw the battle going on. "We gotta do something, White Blaze, but what can we do?"
Kryos saw a sparkle in the woods. "Well now, won't this be fun?"
"What are you talking about, Kryos?" Ryo asked.
"You'll see. Dark Ice Strike!" He directed his attack straight for the woods. From out of the blast came Mia riding on White Blaze's back.
"Mia!" Ryo shouted. Suddenly a vine cam from the ground, wrapped Ryo, and hung him from a tree next to the guys. White Blaze and Mia landed on the ground.
"Well, girl, it's so nice to see you again."
"Sorry I can't return the comment."
"Mia, what are you doing here?"
"When I saw you were gone, I went to look for you and the others."
"Mia, get out of here right now," Rowen said.
"I don't think that will be possible, Strata." The ground started to shake and both Mia and White Blaze jumped up into the air, but the vines grabbed White Blaze and brought him down.
"White Blaze." Mia saw White Blaze, but turned around and got kicked in the stomach by Persha and went flying to the ground.
"Oh no, Mia!" Sage screamed. Mia brought herself onto her legs and looked straight at Kryos.
"It looks like the little warrior is stronger than she looks. Let's see how strong she really is. Dark Ice Strike!" Mia dodged the blast, but Kryos hit her again several times and knocked her into a tree. "So, how about the little warrior comes along with me peacefully, and then we can stop all this fighting?"
Mia got on her hands and knees. Her clothes were ripped, some off her armor was chipped off, and a few strands of hair were in her face. She lifted up her head and looked at Kryos with anger and vengeance in her eyes.
"I'll never give into you or your master."
"Kryos, just leave her alone. You have us already, you don't need her," Cye said.
"Let her go. She can't do anything to you," Kento commented.
"That's more than you know, Hardrock." Kryos walked up to Mia who was still trying to recover from the last blow. He took his sword and placed it right up to Mia's neck. "So, what should we do with the little warrior? I could kill her now, or I could let Master Persha kill her. But I think I'd rather have some more fun." He kicked her again in the stomach and ran her into a tree. She screamed out in pain and fell to the ground, not moving.
"Mia, please, wake up!" Tears started to form in his eyes.
"She can't hear you, Wildfire. Now it's your time to end up like the little warrior over there." All of a sudden, the vines started to constrict White Blaze and each Ronin Warrior one at a time. They all screamed out in pain as they felt their bodies being crushed. Mia slightly opened her eyes and saw what Kryos was doing to her friends.
"No." She slowly got back on her hands and knees. Tears fell from her face to the ground. "I won't let my friends be hurt or killed because of me. I won't, they're too important to me." The symbol of love appeared on her forehead. "I won't let anyone hurt my friends!"
Kryos turns around and looked at Mia who was glowing in a bright golden color. Her hair floated off the ground and she lifted up her head. Mia said in a very angry voice, "I tolerated you hurting me, but when it comes to my friends, I won't let anyone get away with hurting them. Kryos, you've tortured and hurt my friends too many times, and now it's time that you pay!"
The bright light surrounding Mia got brighter and a beam shot up to the sky. Everyone looked up to the sky and saw the outline of a figure with a long staff. "No one messes with my friends!" The figure brought down its staff and a glowing beam of light came straight towards Kryos and hit him straight on.
"No! This can't be! I've failed you, Master Persha!" He disappeared for the last time. The light destroyed the vines around the Ronin Warriors and White Blaze, but the light covered everything.
Each of the guys started to wake up and found themselves in Mia's front yard in their normal clothes. "Hey, you guys, what happened?"
"I have no idea, Kento," Sage said.
"Wait a minute, where's Mia?"
"I don't know."
White Blaze roared, coming out of the woods with Mia hanging on his back. "Mia." Ryo took Mia off of White Blaze's back and carried her. Her hair touched the ground and looked limp. "It looks like Mia is out cold."
"Do you think that figure we saw was really Mia?"
"It looks like it was her. No wonder they wanted to get rid of her, that power was tremendous."
"I know. Now we really have to protect her because Persha knows just how powerful she is." Ryo carried her inside and everyone else followed.
